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Fermat’s Last Theorem: The compelling biography and history of mathematical intellectual endeavour
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The nineteenth-century Norwegian Niels Henrik Abel made his greatest contribution to mathematics at the age of nineteen and died in poverty, just eight years later, also of tuberculosis. Charles Hermite said of him, ‘He has left
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“Those who know do not speak. Those who speak do not know.”
― Tao Teh Ching
― Tao Teh Ching
“There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self.”
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“A wise man told me don't argue with fools. Cause people from a distance can't tell who is who.”
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“Never think that war, no matter how necessary, nor how justified, is not a crime.”
― Ernest Hemingway: A Literary Reference
― Ernest Hemingway: A Literary Reference
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